Comparison

Locally AI by LM Studio vs HTML Viewer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Locally AI by LM Studio

This app allows you to run powerful AI models directly on your iPhone or iPad without an internet connection. Enjoy complete privacy as no data is collected or sent to servers. It's optimized for Apple devices, offering fast and private AI interactions.

Highlights
  • Run AI models offline
  • Private and no data collection
  • Supports Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and more
  • Optimized for Apple Silicon
  • Chat, analyze images, generate text
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Run AI models like Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and more on your iPhone and iPad. Offline. Private. No login. No data collection. Powered by Apple MLX. Meet Locally AI by LM Studio, the AI app that respects your privacy. No login. No data collection. Just pure intelligence, running entirely on your iPhone and iPad. Why Locally AI? - 100% Offline: No internet needed. Chat anywhere. - Total Privacy: No login, no data collection. Your data stays on your device. - Optimized for Apple Silicon: Powered by Apple MLX for lightning-fast responses. - Multiple models supported: Run Llama 3.2, Google Gemma 2 & 3, Qwen 3, DeepSeek, and more. - Chat, Analyze, Create: Ask complex questions, analyze images, or generate text. Download Locally AI now! Privacy Policy: https://locallyai.app/privacy-policy.html Terms & Conditions: https://locallyai.app/terms.html

About

HTML Viewer

This app displays standalone HTML sites, individual HTML pages, PDFs, and EPUB books and comics offline. It renders HTML content like a browser, supporting CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly. Users can highlight, take notes, and search across files and even scanned PDFs.

Highlights
  • Full HTML rendering with CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly
  • Built-in PDF reader with continuous scrolling and scaling
  • EPUB and comic support (CBZ, CBR, etc.) with various reading modes
  • Highlighting, notes, and bookmarks
  • Offline access to all content
  • Search across folders and scanned PDFs
  • iCloud sync for reading progress and notes
Features
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Pagira opens your HTML sites and pages, your comics in CBZ, CBR, CB7 and CBT, your EPUB books and your PDFs, on iPhone and iPad, even offline. A complete web folder (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, subfolders) displays just like in a browser, locally, with no connection. HTML SITES AND PAGES - Full rendering: CSS, JavaScript, images and subfolders genuinely work. fetch/XHR, ES modules and even WebAssembly are supported, because the content is served through a real local web origin, not a simple file preview. - A site in a .zip is uncompressed and opened in one tap. .webarchive files open as they are. - Ideal for courses exported as HTML (medicine, law and other fields) and e-learning modules, technical documentation shipped as a website (electronics, mechanics, manuals, datasheets), generated documentation (Doxygen, Sphinx, MkDocs, Docusaurus, Storybook, Javadoc), Jupyter notebooks, R Markdown and reports saved as HTML, or web pages to keep for later. COMICS AND MANGA - CBZ, CBR, CB7 and CBT, as well as .zip, .rar, .7z or folders that hold only pictures. - Two-page spreads on iPad, manga reading direction, vertical scrolling. - Panel by Panel reading: each panel grows and the balloons read without zooming, even on iPhone. BOOKS AND PDFS - EPUB books with light, sepia and dark themes. - PDFs: continuous scrolling, go to page, contents and thumbnails. - Word, Markdown, RTF and text too. - Highlights, notes and bookmarks in your books and PDFs. SEARCH - Search a whole folder, even scanned PDFs (text recognized on the device), and by file name. - Ask: ask a question, Pagira opens the page that answers it. Nothing made up. OFFLINE AND ICLOUD - 100% offline: once the content is on your device, everything opens without a connection. Perfect on a plane or where there is no network. - Open from the Files app (local storage, iCloud Drive, network server) or via "Open in Pagira" from other apps. - iCloud on demand: files are read as you go, without downloading everything, or downloaded in one tap for a permanent offline copy. Automatic resume after an interruption. - iCloud sync: page, highlights, notes and favorites follow you between iPhone and iPad. HOME AND HISTORY - Home: Currently Reading, Favorites, Recent and Offline, with their covers. - History: every page you have viewed, including within a site, grouped by day, and reopened right where you left off. - Your last reading reopens at launch (can be turned off). Universal (iPhone and iPad, in both orientations) and available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese. PRIVACY Pagira collects nothing, tracks no one and requires no account. Your files stay on your device and in your iCloud: nothing is sent to a server. No ads, no tracking. TRIAL AND PURCHASE Try Pagira for free with all its features (up to 20 document openings, opening a folder doesn't count). After that, a single purchase, with no subscription, unlocks the app for good: Pagira Pro, or Pagira Pro Supporter, shared with your whole family.

Screenshots

Locally AI by LM Studio4 screens
HTML Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Locally AI by LM Studio at 76% against HTML Viewer's 0%. Locally AI by LM Studio also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 2). HTML Viewer's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Locally AI by LM Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month and HTML Viewer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Locally AI by LM Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locally AI by LM Studio has 1.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Locally AI by LM Studio's written reviews are positive against 0% of HTML Viewer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Locally AI by LM Studio versus HTML Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocally AI by LM StudioHTML Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.9K — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperElement Labs IncJimmy DE BRUYNE

Customer experience

Locally AI by LM Studio

All ratings1,790 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative16.2%

HTML Viewer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Locally AI by LM Studio

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Stops responding when Airplane mode is turned on
  • Interface issues on iPhone 15 Pro

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to switch between downloaded models
  • Implement autoscroll feature
  • Add support for more model types (e.g. SolvLM2, Grante Vision)
  • Allow users to add models from Hugging Face

HTML Viewer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Locally AI by LM Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
5 purchases

HTML Viewer

One-time5
  • Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
  • Buy Me a Dessert$4.99
  • Buy Me a Meal$8.99
Show 2 more
  • Pagira Pro$11.99
  • Pagira Pro Supporter$22.99

Questions

Is Locally AI by LM Studio free?
Locally AI by LM Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HTML Viewer free?
HTML Viewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Locally AI by LM Studio or HTML Viewer?
Locally AI by LM Studio is rated higher. Locally AI by LM Studio averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while HTML Viewer averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Locally AI by LM Studio or HTML Viewer have ads?
Neither Locally AI by LM Studio nor HTML Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locally AI by LM Studio or HTML Viewer?
Locally AI by LM Studio ships an update weekly, and HTML Viewer weekly. Most recently, Locally AI by LM Studio was updated on October 30, 2026 and HTML Viewer on October 31, 2026.

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